EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers

EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers

Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time.

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The carpenters located 3 maple timbers, 21 sheets of cherry, and 10 oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set.

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Answer: MLA style: The carpenters located three maple timbers, twenty-one sheets of cherry, and ten oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set. APA style: The carpenters located three maple timbers, 21 sheets of cherry, and 10 oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set.
EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The carpenters located 3 maple timbers, 21 sheets of cherry, and 10 oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set.

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The program’s cost is well over one billion dollars.

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The program’s cost is well over one billion dollars.

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The score was tied at 5–5 when the momentum shifted and carried the Standards to a decisive 12–5 win.

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The score was tied at 5–5 when the momentum shifted and carried the Standards to a decisive 12–5 win.

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8 students in the class had been labeled “learning disabled.”

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Answer: Eight students in the class had been labeled “learning disabled.”
EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - 8 students in the class had been labeled “learning disabled.”

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, had fifty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-two names inscribed on it when it was dedicated in 1982.

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Answer: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, had 58,132 names inscribed on it when it was dedicated in 1982.
EXERCISE 41–1 Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, had fifty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-two names inscribed on it when it was dedicated in 1982.

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